To answer your questions: 1, I don't know what's OT ? Can't say anything. 2, I asked a question to make decision by my own.
> On Oct 26, 2013, at 7:25 PM, "Ed Davis" <skoota...@btopenworld.com> wrote: > > I would think the question being asked isn't 'OT' which is namely: what's > runtime v compile time ... (and Python's .pyc's are sort of in the middle). > Id think a beginners list first task would be to help you make the choice? > >> On 27 Oct 2013, at 00:15, <htchd...@live.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks for answering my question. >> I'm certainly not an advocate for either languages, since I don't even know >> much about them. >> I learned Perl first and recently my colleagues suggested me to learn >> python. So, the struggle begins. >> I searched online about this topic and only found one scientific paper is >> revealing some truth: no significant difference between those 2 script >> languages. >> This is why I'm here to ask. If the moderator of this list thinks this is >> inappropriate, I'll shut up and keep silent. >> >>>> On Oct 26, 2013, at 6:56 PM, "David Christensen" >>>> <dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 10/26/13 04:28, htchd...@live.com wrote: >>>> How about python? >>>> Many people consider it's better than Perl and it becomes more and more >>>> popular. >>> >>> There are a lot of really smart people who like Python. There are a lot of >>> useful Python programs, and a lot of useful programs that incorporate >>> and/or interoperate with Python. I haven't heard too many security >>> complaints about Python. >>> >>> >>> As I understand it, Python's library is very well developed. In this >>> regard, Python seems to be more cathedral, while Perl is more bazaar (e.g. >>> CPAN). >>> >>> >>> I could never get past Python's whitespace sensitivity. >>> >>> >>> David >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org >>> http://learn.perl.org/ >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org >> http://learn.perl.org/ >> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
